From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9139 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2023 13:06:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Mar 2023 13:06:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7384127D; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:05:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-x532.google.com (mail-ed1-x532.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::532]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11F9D41263 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:05:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-x532.google.com with SMTP id da10so65510337edb.3 for ; Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:05:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; t=1678280744; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2zOpU0SNbTm1FUilJk0qrztNNf8X25CXOlSyNNJqiF8=; b=hlOegca4xPj0htirlr0YKREe8d7WzLWpFDkWRXrEWVkUFupMHfnrovBiaBNNx3RMUu rybgGtxW8LOmakyQ2cWB4AX+Sj75Kk1XUeg5UGsFR9ff4oWOp7zHYHeCcLgjB189/fRU MeWNkhWu6yJocYgzWUAu4pxygvRUyFmNHOrLcXswSEGVvmCHov04V4qiBDf/Ptq1KhJD 2YOE3nrc5QvqUz9KE1rbuaEueE3T9tW/gnuUEyhl8TytZclEER9kBWqoE5zMsqu4YMKQ iWnaxFFQJmmdHyIWVj80MogaC2YntyiPOHrNocYxoDsqsXTRKc6GWoUow+zmiCC5JBN7 9cFg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678280744; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=2zOpU0SNbTm1FUilJk0qrztNNf8X25CXOlSyNNJqiF8=; b=ubAVMT6zI2g7S4TUWreBRcL/EhMk+jI4ipn8/BPzbstE97O6ahiLcip/L6nlJ2vW2n kX/uS88KX9tw241nGE7KQKp+aSTgbx2g0QryffM8sA1A6Ul5RRHcIxCKWrQs+2yPberw hmL+ggL+ksiLvvZbNIjHnTGv9T/dsYGLeoOUH17+hL5khGTJqGKmw02HEMYxRc6nUkmh O3Hh1dfUzHCoxYK9aVbMq6Xa/V34NhSixXlziVEWejgoFjzY3bbB5aK4195TOzVlItPv qOr3vv0OWtQVAU//GBFD8Dlz8zKCiMGlvRvfxQxcQxHXCUqF/sC2sUoY5y9UMKy80gqv 3cdw== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWKHeOFniWL1h5s9GM7Wl1KfKrUIW7w/DP11htYQ/zIblxrL+hn MMtVmm1AxVa1pdlUjKTUP6doK9s4BMzU4Z1OCJ8KgzDmXmpMqgUH X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8dWA2p2MdivITJ45Ros1aUqna9Jr5gCzWcNO5jx2o9IMzrLU0+/8rAbBUPyq4qb4mnFSCtplahun4I2wNl82o= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:a05a:b0:8b2:23fb:dfd1 with SMTP id bg26-20020a170906a05a00b008b223fbdfd1mr9278801ejb.2.1678280744095; Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:05:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1297BE06-BE03-477A-AC60-40A269090295@planet.nl> <28C479A6-053A-4D95-B6CE-13254FBD8068@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <28C479A6-053A-4D95-B6CE-13254FBD8068@planet.nl> From: Warner Losh Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 06:05:32 -0700 Message-ID: To: Paul Ruizendaal Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000095f3a305f6632fc5" Message-ID-Hash: UKIZDQBHPR2RFECMMPOXVKTYNCGBGJK2 X-Message-ID-Hash: UKIZDQBHPR2RFECMMPOXVKTYNCGBGJK2 X-MailFrom: wlosh@bsdimp.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the frame buffer device List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000095f3a305f6632fc5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 4:51 AM Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS wrote: > It is then surprising that Linux did not come up with /dev/fbdev until > 1999, especially in view of the importance of X to the early Linux > developers. Maybe the reason was that the headache of video drivers was > delegated to the XFree community. > Mapping /dev/mem was good enough for SVGA cards. No surprise there: just be lazy. Warner > --00000000000095f3a305f6632fc5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 4:51 AM Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS = <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
It is then surprising that Linux did not come up with /dev/fbdev until 1999= , especially in view of the importance of X to the early Linux developers. = Maybe the reason was that the headache of video drivers was delegated to th= e XFree community.

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Mapping /dev/mem was good enough for SVGA cards. No surpr= ise there: just be lazy.=C2=A0

Warner
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